From: buffhunter@my-deja.com   
      
   In article <69pd165udu2ha6ngh9sb489a62h4sg1kud@4ax.com>,   
   DELETEMETOREPLYrobertocastillo@ameritech.net says...   
   > On Mon, 14 Jun 2010 18:13:10 -0400, "David Milligan"   
   >  wrote:   
   >   
   > >        Finally watched to last 1 to 3 episodes (depending on how you chose   
   > >to watch them). Watching the credits I saw Leah Cairns (Racetrack Edmondson)   
   > >and that reminded me of a question I had intended to ask after the mutiny   
   > >episode Blood on the Scales) one of the mutineers was mentioned specifically   
   > >mentioned by Lee, or the Admiral, was Racetrack.   
   > >        So, what happened to her, and all of the mutineers (except Gaeta and   
   > >Zarek, who were firing-squaded)? Amnesty? Exile? Execution? Locked in the   
   > >brig for life?   
   >   
   > Well we saw her and Skulls in the final episodes as part of the Raptor   
   > squadron that finally destroyed the giant Cylon base. (They were   
   > killed in the attack but Racetrack's hand dropped onto the lever which   
   > launched the nukes that blew the base up as their Raptor tumbled   
   > through space.) Ron Moore mentioned in his podcast that his thinking   
   > was that the only way for Adama to recover from the mutiny was to   
   > execute the ring leaders (Gaeta and Zarek) and forgive the lower level   
   > mutineers. Galactica was already severely undermanned from the start   
   > and having half the crew kill or imprison the other half would have   
   > only made things worse.   
   >   
   > I'm not sure how comfortable I am with this line of logic. I would   
   > have thought that there would be a lot more anger and distrust   
   > following the mutiny but then again, things were already so ugly by   
   > that point and things were moving so quickly following the end that   
   > it's hard to fault Moore for letting go of that one.   
   ----   
   Its hard to fault Moore or if we treated him like a real person   
   Adama. He had to try to find new Earth and to do so he had to break   
   out Hera for both humanitarian and practical reasons. You needed all   
   hands on deck for that. It took all available man power as it is,   
   even those who didn't volunteered for the practically suicide mission   
   were needed to stay behind and guard the Fleet incase Adama failed   
   to retrieve Hera. Without that act of forgiveness the attack would   
   had failed and mankind rendered extinct because I don't think that   
   damaged Rebel Cylon Bayship with the remaining Vipers and Raiders   
   would had been able to fend off the rest of Cavil's fleet. That act   
   of forgiveness saved them, it was a sort of final test that humanity   
   passed.   
   --   
   ----->Hunter   
      
   "No man in the wrong can stand up against   
    a fellow that's in the right and keeps on acomin'."   
      
                  -----William J. McDonald   
              Captain, Texas Rangers from 1891 to 1907   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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